101 Ways to Make Training Active: (Active Training Series)

When it was first published in 1995, Mel Silberman's 101 Ways to Make Training Active became an instant bestseller. Now this revised and updated second edition offers the same dynamic approach and several completely new case examples. The examples support each exercise and highlight real-time uses of the highly successful Active Training method. In addition, the book includes 200 training tips that form the nuts-and-bolts of successful active training. These tips incorporated in the book's top ten lists show how to build quality, activity, variety, and direction into your training programs. For the first time 101 Ways to Make Training Active features a CD-ROM containing all the original "Top Ten Trainers Tips and Techniques" lists for easy reproduction and distribution.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments xv Introduction: Getting the Most from This Resource 1 THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF ACTIVE TRAINING Two Hundred Tips 7 Ten Layouts for Setting Up a Training Classroom 8 Ten Techniques for Learning Names 15 Ten Questions for Obtaining Participant Expectations 18 Ten Methods for Obtaining Participation 19 Ten Assignments to Give Learning Partners 21 Ten Occasions to Use Response Cards 23 Ten Ways to Make Learning Visual 25 Ten Suggestions for Activating a Lecture 27 Ten Common Games Trainers Play 29 Ten Energizers to Wake Up or Relax a Group 31 Ten Strategies for Forming Groups 33 Ten Alternatives for Selecting Group Leaders and Filling Other Jobs 35 Ten Tips When Facilitating Discussion 37 Ten Options for Role Playing 39 Ten Steps to Use When Facilitating Experiential Activities 40 Ten Timesavers When Active Training Takes Time 42 Ten Tricks for Calling Participants to Order 44 Ten Props That Dramatize Learning 46 Ten Interventions for Regaining Control of the Group 48 Ten Tips for Online Active Learning 50 HOW TO GET ACTIVE PARTICIPATION FROM THE START Team-Building Strategies 55 1. Stand Up and Be Counted 56 2. Human Scavenger Hunt 58 3. Group Résumé 60 4. Predictions 62 5. Television Commercial 64 6. Me Too 65 7. Really Getting Acquainted 67 8. Team Getaway 69 9. Reconnecting 71 10. Setting Ground Rules 73 On-the-Spot Assessment Strategies 75 11. First-Class Survey 76 12. Introductory Go-Arounds 79 13. Assessment Search 81 14. Instant Assessment 83 15. A Representative Sample 85 16. Class Concerns 87 Immediate Learning Involvement Strategies 89 17. Active Knowledge Sharing 90 18. Rotating Trio Exchange 92 19. Go to Your Post 94 20. Lightening the Learning Climate 96 21. Exchanging Viewpoints 98 22. True or False? 100 23. Hangman 102 24. Buying into the Course 105 HOW TO TEACH INFORMATION, SKILLS, AND ATTITUDES ACTIVELY Active Lecturing 109 25. Gaining Attention 110 26. Inquiring Minds Want to Know 112 27. Teaching by Analogy 114 28. Listening Teams 116 29. Guided Note Taking 119 30. Lecture Bingo 122 31. Guided Teaching 125 32. Acting It Out 127 33. Team Quiz 130 Stimulating Discussion 133 34. Active Debate 134 35. Town Meeting 137 36. Three-Stage Fishbowl Discussion 139 37. Expanding Panel 142 38. Point-Counterpoint 144 39. Reading Aloud 146 40. Card Exchange 148 Prompting Questions 151 41. Learning Starts with a Question 152 42. Question Cards 154 43. Planted Questions 156 44. Role Reversal Questions 158 Team Learning 161 45. Information Search 162 46. The Study Group 164 47. Card Sort 167 48. Learning Tournament 169 49. The Power of Two 171 50. Team Investigation 173 Peer Teaching 175 51. Group-to-Group Exchange 176 52. Jigsaw Learning 178 53. Everyone Is a Teacher Here 181 54. Peer Lessons 183 55. Participant-Created Case Studies 185 56. Poster Session 188 Active e-Learning 191 57. E-Mail Exchanges192 58. Dear Addie Letters 194 59. Application Questions 196 60. Web-Based Scavenger Hunt 198 61. Real-time Feedback 200 62. e-Learning Journals 202 Emotional Intelligence 205 63. Jolts 206 64. Seeing How It Is 208 65. Billboard Ranking 210 66. What? So What? Now What? 212 67. Active Self-Assessment 214 68. Stop, Start, Continue 216 69. Storytelling 218 Skill Development 221 70. Show, But NOT Tell 222 71. The Firing Line 224 72. Active Observation and Feedback 227 73. Non-Threatening Role Playing 229 74. Triple Role Playing 231 75. Rotating Roles 233 76. You Write the Script 235 77. Practice-Rehearsal Pairs 237 78. I Am the 239 79. Curveballs 241 HOW TO MAKE TRAINING UNFORGETTABLE Reviewing Strategies 245 80. Index Card Match 246 81. Flip Chart/Slide Review 248 82. Review Scrabble 250 83. Crossword Puzzle 252 84. Jeopardy Review 254 85. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? 257 86. Participant Recap 261 Self-Assessment 263 87. Reconsidering 264 88. Return on Your Investment 266 89. What We Are Taking Away 268 90. Physical Self-Assessment 270 Application Planning 273 91. Self-Monitoring 274 92. Peer Consultation 276 93. Obstacle Assessment 278 94. Job Reminders 280 95. I Hereby Resolve 282 96. Follow-Up Questionnaire 284 97. Sticking to It 287 Closing Sentiments 291 98. High Fives 292 99. Connections 294 100. Group Photo 296 101. The Final Exam 298 References 301 About the Author 303 Pfeiffer Publications Guide 305

About the Author :
THE AUTHOR MEL SILBERMAN was professor emeritus of adult and organizational development at Temple University, where he received its Great Teacher Award. He was also president of Active Training, Princeton, New Jersey, a consulting firm that provided courses on active training techniques, interpersonal intelligence, and team facilitation. He was the author and editor of over 30 books, including Active Training, and The 60-Minute Active Training Series.